Surgical appliance.



T. T. SANDMARK. SURGICAL APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1911.,

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 15, 1911.

' TOWN SEND, WASHINGTON.

SURGI CAI I I :iLIANCE.

Patented Jan. 28, 1913. Serial No. 633,325.

To all whom z'ima concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS T. SAND- MARK, a. citizen of the ,UnitedStates, residing at Port Townsend, in the county of J cf- 5 ferson,State of Washington, have invented .certzli'n new and usefulImprovements in Surgical Appliances; and I do hereby dc clare'thefollowing to be a full, clear, and 'xact description of the invention,sucl. as

will enable others skilled in the art h which v it apperteins'to makeand the slime.

his invention rehitcs to surgical applisnces. The object of theinvention resides in the provision of a surgical appliance which mayused with eiliciency in stoppingthe bleeding of the membranes of furtherobject'of the invention resides in the provision of an appliance of thecharnamed which includes an elastic inflateble member adapted to beinserted in the nasal assage in e deflated state and then inflates so asto press firmly eguinst the membrane of the nasal passage and therebyserve to close any abrasions of said membrane and stopping theflow ofblood that may be issuing from such abrasions.

' With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thedetails of construction and in the arrangement and combination of partsto'be hereinafter-more full described and particularly pointed out in tc appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, refhad to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein like characters of reference denote correspondingparts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is an enlargedlongitudinal seca partial inlisted state, and Fi 2, an elevation of theappliance on an enfiirged scale and having e pumping device of the typeused in inflat- 1n' seme'connected therewith. L ll eferring tothcdrawings 10 indicates the inil'etsble member of the appliance and isodnstructed "preferably of very soft, thin, strong rubber. This memberis formed with eno on end which is closed by a head 11 "tudinel bore 12communicating with the interior of the member 10, The. inner end of thehead 11 is provided with an angular enlargement forming a shoulderlld.This shoulder 13 is inserted the nasal passages;

within the open end of the member 10 and a clamping wire 14 the shoulder13 serves to member 10 and the head 11 together. Disposed within themember 10 and having its terminals anchored in the head 11 is a U-shaped wire 15 which serves to prevent longitudinal collapse of themember-l0 as it is inserted in the nasal passage. The inner end of thebore 12 is closed by a valve 16 which is provided with a stem 17extending through said bore beyond the outer end thereof. This stem isslidably mounted in a strut l8 spannin 'the bore 12. The valve 16 isnormally held seated against the inner end of the headll, to close thebore 12, by menus of a spring 19, one end of which is secured to thestrut 18 and the other end to thevnlvc 16. The member 10 is adapted fordetachable connection with one end of a tube 20 which carries at itsopposite end a rubber bulb 21, that by com rcssion lifts the valve 16from its seat and orces air into the member 10 to ell'ect the desiredinflation of the latter. It will of course be understood that the bulb21 is of the type ordinarily employed for pumping air.

in use the member 10 is inserted in the nasal passage in a deflatedstate, the U- shaped wire 15 readily crmitting such insertion. The freeend 0 the tube 20 is then secured in the outer end of the bore 12 andthe bulb 21 o erutcd to inflzite the member 10. Durin ,t is inflation ofthe member 10 the walls t ereof willexpand so as to bear continuouslyagainst the membrane of the nasal passage and effectively close anabrasecurely bind the disposed outwardly of sions thereof and stop anyflow of b 00d isto permit the air contained within the mcmber 10 toescape to the atmosphere.

It will be noted that the check rnlvc 16 engages the arms of the Ushnpcdwire 15 at the appliance.

diametrically opposite points so that said valve is guided by the armsof the U-shaped Wire during its movement.

lVhat is claimed is:

A surgical instrument comprising a head having an opening therethrough,an elongated elastic and flexible bulb fitted onto the head incommunication with said opening, means communicating with said. openingfor inflating said bulb, and a Wire loop fixedly secured to the head andextending approximately throughout the length of the elongated bulb,said Wire loop being equilateral and having substantially rectilinearsides and therefore properly related to the bulb when inflated forholding the latter extended and in the form of a flat strip, whereby thecurvatures of the nasal cavities maybe easily penetrated.

In testimony whereofll affix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.f

THOMAS T. SANDMABK.

Witnesses:

E. K. YVYcnom, WM. S MGGrEE.

